Hon. Maureen Liccione — Part 78 Rules

State of New York

UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM

SUFFOLK COUNTY

SUPREME COURT

1 Court Street

Court Annex –Part 78

Riverhead, New York 11901

(631) 208-5907

Chambers Email: sufliccione@nycourts.gov

HON. MAUREEN T. LICCIONE MARIA NIDA, ESQ.

Justice of the Supreme Court Principal Law Clerk

LORI SELVIN

Secretary to Judge

PART RULES AND PROCEDURES

Unless otherwise directed by the Court, the following rules govern practice in this part.

Correspondence

All correspondence to the Court is to be via NYSCEF, except in non-efiled cases which is to be

by email. The Court does not have fax capability.

Motion Practice

DISCOVERY MOTIONS: Parties must confer in good faith on all discovery disputes and all

discovery motions must be preceded by a Court conference.

RETURN DATE/SUBMISSION: All motions are returnable on Wednesdays. Unless otherwise

directed by the Court, motions are on written submission only and no appearance is necessary.All

motions, other than pro se, are to be filed and served via NYSCEF. Hard copies will not be

accepted.

ADJOURNMENTS: Applications to adjourn motions must be made by written request and

indicate consent of counsel for all appearing parties. Requests must indicate the date on which the

motion and any related cross-motions are returnable, as well as the adjourned date requested

(Wednesdaysonly). All applications for adjournmentsin e-filed cases are tobe filed electronically

through NYSCEF. All applications for adjournmentsin cases not electronically filed willbe made

by email to sufliccione@nycourts.gov and copied to all counsel.

Conferences

CONFERENCES: All conferences are to be in person unless counsel requests a virtual

appearance. The Court will attempt to accommodate requests for virtual conferences, which are

to be made on consent via NYSCEF.

SCHEDULING: Requests for adjournments must be in writing and indicate whether the request

is on consent. In the event the adjournment is not on consent, the telephone number for each

attorney must be provided. All applications for adjournments in e-filed cases are to be filed via

NYSCEF. All applications for adjournments in cases not electronically filed will be made by

email to: sufliccione@nycourts.gov Please call Chambers for available adjourneddates.

Trials

A conference with the Court will be held prior to the commencement of all trials, jury and non-

jury. In addition to compliance with 22 NYCRR 202.20-h, counsel will provide the Court with

the following:

• Marked pleadings and amendments thereto;

• Bills of particulars and any supplements;

• CPLR 3101(d) noticesand responses served;

• All prior Court decisions;

• List of all pre-marked exhibits;

• Joint statement of stipulated facts;

• List of all stipulated exhibits;

• List of all witnesses to be called, including expert witnesses;

• Proposed jury charges;

• All motions in limine; and

• Proposed jury verdict sheets.

Counsel will stipulate toas many facts and to the admissibility ofas many exhibits as possible.

Any trial related documents submitted to the Court, which will be marked as Court exhibits,areto

be e-filed and submitted in hard copy form to the courtroom clerk.

In the case of non-jury, counsel arerequired to provide a transcript.

Inquests

Any inquest related documents submitted to the Court, which will be marked as Court exhibits,

are to be e-filed and submitted in hard copy form to the courtroom clerk.

The parties arerequired to provide a transcript of the inquest.

(10-10-2023)